Pension Partners 13F annual report

Pension Partners is an investment fund managing more than $72.6 million ran by Christopher Payne. There are currently 18 companies in Mr. Payne’s portfolio. The largest investments include Ishares Inc Core Msci Emkt and Spdr Index Shs Fds Portfolio Emg Mk, together worth $43.9 million.

$72.6 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th October 2020, Pension Partners’s top holding is 550,222 shares of Ishares Inc Core Msci Emkt currently worth over $27 million and making up 37.1% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 492,857 shares of Spdr Index Shs Fds Portfolio Emg Mk worth $16.9 million. The third-largest holding is Schwab Strategic Tr Emrg Mkteq Et worth $14 million and the next is Direxion Shs Etf Tr Dly Emg Mk Bl 3x worth $9.82 million, with 151,017 shares owned.

Currently, Pension Partners's portfolio is worth at least $72.6 million. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Pension Partners

The Pension Partners office and employees reside in New York, New York. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Christopher Payne serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Pension Partners.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Pension Partners revealed that it had opened a new position in Annaly Cap Mgmt Inc and bought 38,501 shares worth $339 thousand.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Proshares Msci Emerg Etf by buying 2,126 additional shares. This makes their stake in Proshares Msci Emerg Etf total 24,569 shares worth $1.6 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Pension Partners is getting rid of from its portfolio. Pension Partners closed its position in Columbia Seligman Comms Info on 7th November 2019. It sold the previously owned 9,262 shares for $680 million. Christopher Payne also disclosed a decreased stake in Ishares Inc Core Msci Emkt by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $27 million and 550,222 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Pension Partners are Spindletop Capital and Otter Creek Advisors. They manage $72.7 million and $72.5 million respectively.


Christopher Payne investment strategy

Pension Partners’s portfolio is diversified across 4 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Real Estate — making up 0.7% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 16.7% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 6% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 5.6% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $3.97 billion.

The complete list of Pension Partners trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on November 7th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Columbia Seligman Comms Info
Closed
9,262
$680,000,000
Northern Lights Opportnstc Rel
Closed
30,778
$498,000,000
Kraneshares Tr Csi Chi Interne
Closed
9,570
$421,000,000
Fidelity Adv Intl Cap Apprec
Closed
12,955
$291,000,000
Fidelity Adv Growth Opport Ins
Closed
2,551
$228,000,000
Bp Plc Sp Adr
Closed
4,869
$203,000,000
Cars.com, Inc.
Closed
10,000
$197,000,000
Ishares Inc Core Msci Emkt
3.84%
550,222
$26,972,000 37.14%
Spdr Index Shs Fds Portfolio Emg Mk
3.95%
492,857
$16,895,000 23.26%
Schwab Strategic Tr Emrg Mkteq Et
7.45%
556,705
$13,989,000 19.26%
Direxion Shs Etf Tr Dly Emg Mk Bl 3x
3.20%
151,017
$9,819,000 13.52%
Proshares Msci Emerg Etf
9.47%
24,569
$1,595,000 2.20%
Washington Prime Group, Inc.
18.42%
112,302
$465,000 0.64%
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.
7.76%
10,077
$398,000 0.55%
Osi Etf Tr Oshars Ftse Us
0.02%
10,123
$352,000 0.48%
Spdr Sp Ins Etf
0.28%
9,654
$340,000 0.47%
Annaly Cap Mgmt Inc
Opened
38,501
$339,000 0.47%
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.
1.49%
7,104
$318,000 0.44%
Vaneck Vectors Etf Tr Bdc Inco
1.08%
18,194
$307,000 0.42%
Kkr Co Inc Cl A
6.14%
9,038
$243,000 0.33%
Barrick Gold Corporation
Opened
13,614
$236,000 0.32%
Cohen Steers Mlp Inc Energ
6.15%
15,390
$139,000 0.19%
Sachem Cap Corp
1.00%
24,241
$114,000 0.16%
Whitecap Resources Inc
Opened
16,500
$57,000 0.08%
Global Self Storage, Inc.
8.18%
11,000
$52,000 0.07%
No transactions found
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